Carlos Contreras (born June 8, 1970) is a

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professional

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driver and crew chief. He was the first Mexico-born driver racing full-time in any

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national series. He has competed in the

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and

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NASCAR career

Xfinity Series

44 Carlos Contreras passenger side NASCAR Nationwide 2014 Gardner Denver 200 at Road America

Contreras made his first Busch Series attempt in 2002 with the

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. Driving the No. 09 Chevrolet at Homestead-Miami he was unable to break into the field. He would his debut in 2003 with

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. At

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, Contreras put the No. 49 Ford in the field and finished in the 26th position. He also made one start for

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at Homestead-Miami. He drove the No. 48 Chevrolet to a 17th-place finish. In 2005 he would return to the Busch Series with

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. He drove the No. 40 Dodge in five races and the No. 12 Dodge in one race. His best finish would come at Homestead-Miami, where he would finish 25th. For the 2006 season, Contreras has again returned to

where he has competed in races with the No. 12 team and the No. 14 team. He best finish on the season is an 11th at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. In 2014, Contreras returned to the Nationwide Series, competing in a limited number of races for

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Camping World Truck Series

He debuted at the 1999

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with the No. 68 Dodge. Contreras would drive the car to a 14th-place finish in his first race. In 2000, he competed in the full season for

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in No. 12 Dodge. He has two top tens during the season and finished 17th in points. He moved to

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in 2001. He would again post two top tens on the season and move up to 14th in the overall points standings. For the 2002 season, Contreras returned with to the series with

and again turned in another solid season. He would post one top ten on the season and would rank 16th in the overall point standings. He made his return to the Truck Series in 2010 after it was renamed the Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 00 Chevy for the 2010

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for the first time since 2002, finishing 14th.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Xfinity Series

Camping World Truck Series

West Series

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points

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